Tuesday was an iconic day for
America because so much happened to our nation. President Obama was reelected, marijuana was
legalized in Colorado, gay marriage was legalized in Maryland and Maine, and
Elizabeth Warren became the first woman to be elected into the U.S. Senate from
Massachusetts. However with all of these
progressive events happening to our country the nation continues to talk about
the flag lady.
During
Obama’s acceptance speech sitting directly behind his left shoulder was a woman
with a flag stuck in her hair. I found
it terribly distracting when I was trying to watch and listen to Obama’s
speech. Every time she moved the flag
moved too drawing so much attention.
“The Hair Flag Lady” went viral, people all across America were tweeting
about the woman with the flag in her hair.
A few of my favorites include; “How far into that lady’s brain
does that flag go?” tweeted singer Josh Groban, “I hope that lady is getting
texts from her mother: “TAKE THAT FLAG OUT OF YOUR HAIR. EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU.
#flaghead,”, and “did an astronaut land on that lady’s head and stick a flag in
it,” – @jwoliner.
No one knows who the flag
in hair girl is yet, she is still referred to as “hairflag” or “the hair flag
lady. I think she’s probably a little embarrassed
and has decided to not identify herself as the hair flag lady. South Park even featured her in their episode
on the election titled “Obama wins”. I
think it’s funny how one little mistake can make you notorious for something as
simple as having a flag in your hair.
Maybe she thought it looked awesome and wore her hair flag with pride. And maybe she stuck it in there to get
something out of her purse and then forgot to take it out of her hair. Whatever her reasoning is I feel as if she
needs to embrace the fact that she is the flag hair lady.
-Anna Kirwan
This has been one of the funniest things yet. This lady made it up and down my timeline like she had won the election! I really wish I could have reached my hand through the TV and snatched that thing out myself!!!
ReplyDeleteThe fact that South Park tried to replicate every person in the background is hilarious to me, not just the flag lady!
ReplyDeleteI say hey, if you can put a flag in your hair, do it. Make it happen. Work it. And if it gets you famous, even better. The quickest, easiest way to become a celebrity is to do something ridiculous like this.
Yes it is amazing to me the things that stick out to us as a people during something as important as a presidential acceptance speech. I watched this speech and I can say I definitely noticed her as well. I think she should be glad she was able to grab the attention of so many people with just a flag in her hair. I would embrace that fame that I was able to get people to watch me rather than THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S!! Its actually pretty cool. And I wouldnt put it past this flag thing to become a new trend. Who knows next election maybe there will be people all over with flags in their heads.
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